The Heyday Of British Steam

Disc One – London | South Midlands | South West
This DVD covers London, the South Midlands and the South West. Our journey starts at Rugby and continues via Leamington Spa, Banbury, Oxford and Reading. From Reading we head west, looking at Swindon Works shed and station. We pause at Bath and Bristol before a nostalgic look at the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. From there it’s London via Salisbury and Basingstoke.
Disc Two – The East Midlands | The North East of England
This DVD covers the East Midlands and the North East of England. We begin at Leicester at the Great Central Station where experimental gas turbine locomotive GT3 is seen in the shed. Then it’s north to Derby, via Lough borough and Nottingham. From Nottingham we join the East Coast main line at Grantham and experience the majesty of the Gresley Pacifics at work, before moving north to Doncaster and York. A brief visit to the Thirsk and Darlington area and then we cross to West Yorkshire for some steam trains on the magnificent Settle and Carlisle Line.
Disc Three – Birmingham | The North Midlands | Wales
This DVD covers the Birmingham area and the North Midlands and Central Wales. We begin at Nuneaton and Coventry, witnessing both areas before the erection of overhead wires. From Coventry we move to Birmingham and see New Street Station pre-rebuilding. A brief visit to Saltley Station and the Camp Hill gradient is followed by a compilation of trains filmed at Birmingham’s other main line station, Snow Hill. From Birmingham we move north to Stafford on the West Coast Main Line and then west to Shrewsbury